Halfway House Heritage Garden Self-Guided Tour

Historic Halfway House

Take a self-guided tour in your own time in the historic Halfway House garden, Glenside Reserve, halfway along the original road between Wellington and Porirua.

Explore this garden of heritage plants from the days when travellers on the old road to Porirua stopped for meals and accommodation at the Halfway House, the halfway mark of their journey. Spacious lawns. Heritage orchard. Information posters and free brochures.

House not open as it is tenanted. Garden Centre and Café next door.

Health & Safety

Wear sensible shoes or garden boots, sunhats, or brolly. Dress for the weather.

Location

Entrance north side of Twigland Gardeners World. On-site carparking for up to five vehicles. Halfway House, Glenside Reserve, 246 Middleton Road Glenside.

Regions

Wellington

Johnsonville & Tawa

Tags

Walking Tour

Site Tour

Experience

Self-Guided

Event times

Any time during the festival

Free

Event hosts

Historic Halfway House Heritage Gardeners

The Heritage Gardeners are volunteers who care for this garden. We grow plants likely to have been in a farm garden in this area at the time the house was built. We only use plants that were in New Zealand before 1900. Our garden style is to achieve a pre 1900 rural look and feel.

Email: info@glenside.org.nz

Phone: 0221865714

Website: https://www.glenside.org.nz/halfway-house